Hour of Code

Did you know that it is Code Week? I am doing more than an hour of code because it's just fun and it's creative and it's educational. It's learning. I like it!

First you start with Angry Birds, and when you get to level 13 or 14 it changes to Plants v Zombies. Then when you complete it you go to level two. Each level has 20 rounds of Blockly puzzles.

Tip: Sometimes I got frustrated because it was my first time because I said turn right, but it turned left. I didn't understand that my right was different from the Angry Bird's right. But what I did was get my stuffed animal and my mommy asked, which one is my right eye, then she asked which one is my animal's right eye, so then I could see it had to turn left (which was my right).

To brush my teeth, I made my mommy talk to me in code so I got there. It's really true! It was fun!

 What are you doing for Hour of Code?

If you are doing Hour of Code, do you like it?

Have you played with Blockly and Hour of Code yet? 

Do you think it is learning and fun?

A Talking Dog Post

Hello bloggers,

Hi. My name is Em. It is nice to meet you.

Will you write to my blog? And will you look at my blog please. You can come any day. I love blogging because it is fun. I like visiting other blogs and typing to other people. I like looking at other peoples blogs in different countries and places that I can't walk to. And I put questions on my post so you can write back to me and answer those questions so I know a little bit about you more.

Thank you for visiting my blog, and please press play on my Voki.

Do have a blog?

Do you have fun on blogs?

Paper Doll Creation

These are my girl dolls. One is French, two of them are sisters (the yellow skin ones), and the one who has a lady bug dress is named Lizzy. The French one can also speak English. It's true. And the lady bug one can talk English and Spanish, it's true, really true. And the yellow skin ones just talk English. Their friends are the other two. They go all around the (paper) globe.

Click on my AudioBoo to hear me share.

listen to ‘ems dolls’ on Audioboo

I like that I made them just out of paper and tape and pencil. I love making them because it uses my creative time at home. My story is made up too, and that's part of the fun.

Have you made paper dolls? Why? How?

Do you like to create things?

Most Important Inventions

My grandpa's most important invention during his lifetime is the computer and the smart phone.

Photo Credit: JD Hancock via Compfight

My other grandpa wrote his answer in an email to my mom, "The most significant invention created in my lifetime was the heart-lung machine, which enabled surgeons to perform open-heart surgery, and without which I would have probably died 15 or more years ago. So, you see, it's the most important invention TO ME. You might explain that the heart-lung machine circulates the blood throughout your body during surgery, while the surgeons perform the heart operation. You will recall that I had my procedure June 10, 1992."

Photo Credit: ReSurge International via Compfight

What do you think is the most important invention that has happened during your life?

Helping the Homeless

I am sad for other people that are homeless. It's because they have to live out in the rain and they have to stay really wet and they have almost nothing. But, there's mostly people in there that doesn't have homes in New York City. It's really sad for them. Click on play below (or click here) to hear me share.

 

Photo Credit: Ed Yourdon via Compfight cc

Helping the Homeless Here are some ways we help homeless people and people who don't have a lot of things:

1. Have a canned food drive.

2. Send gifts to kids through Operation Christmas Child so they get things for Christmas.

3. Help 1Mission by building a house or raising money.

"Ruby" - Documentary Trailer from Christ In Youth on Vimeo.

Have you ever been to 1Mission?

How do you help the homeless?

Playing with Blockly

I like learning and being creative. When school is out, I get to learn and do lots of new things. I played with Blockly the other night. Have you ever played with Blockly?

Blockly is a game that lets you make shapes in different colors and there's lots of learning. I learned how to do multiplication and addition to make it draw.

Here's what I made:

I'll tell you how to do it in my AudioBoo. Click on play to listen to my AudioBoo to learn how to do it.  listen to ‘Blockly’ on Audioboo

Do you want to try it yourself? Click here to go to the link and press the red "Run Program" to watch it draw what I programmed it to draw.

I learned about Blockly because my mom was listening to David Wees share about it online, and I wanted to try.

What do you like about Blockly?

Have you created something on Blockly before? If so, can you share it with me?

What things do you like to create?

Places I Like to Visit in the USA

I'm sharing great vacation places in the USA.

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Try our slideshow maker at Animoto. My video link.

You can view my Google Maps.

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 Have you been to these places?

What do you like about these places?